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Churches, 1864

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Church Music. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 9 June 1864 · page 5

SIR—There is nothing, perhaps that excites the attention of the true divotionalist more than when, in the House of G[?]d, the praises of the Most High are being sung or ch[?]ted in a manner creditable to the cause. To…

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St. Bede's Catholic Young Men's Society, Braidwood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1864 · page 6

The usual quarterly communion and annual breakfast of the St. Bede's Catholic Young Men's Society took place on Sunday last. Mass was celebrated at 11 o'clock, the celebrant being the…

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To the Editor of the Church of England Chronicle

Empire · Monday 13 June 1864 · page 2

Sir.—Can you inform me, and a number of others interested in the question—what are the principles upon which the sittings in a new-built church should be allotted to the parishoners?…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1864 · page 8

ON Sunday, the 22nd May, the Bishop of Sydney held an ordin[?]tion service in St. Luke's Church, Liverpool. The Rev. H. J. Wilkinson was admitted to priest's orders, and Messrs. A W. Cr[?]swell, G. W. Watson, and D. Bertram to the di[?]conate, the…

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Sir Moses Montefiore's Mission to Morocoo

Empire · Wednesday 22 June 1864 · page 3

YESTERDAY, April 13, a public meeting took place at the London Tavern Bishopsgate-street, to consider resolutions acknowledging the philanthropic conduct of Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart, in undertaking his journey to Morocoo;…

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St. Mary's Church Waverley. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 22 June 1864 · page 8

SIR,—A letter, signed "Parishioner," and purporting to be an answer to the question put to the Editor of the Church of England Chronicle, in my letter to you, dated the 10th instant, appeared in your issue of Friday last…

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Aniversary of the Baptist Church, Castlereagh-street

Empire · Thursday 23 June 1864 · page 5

THE anniversary of the church under the pastoral charge of the Rev. J. B. M Care was celebrated last evening. There was a good attendance. After partaking of tea. the following gentlemen took their places on the…

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The New Church of Randwick and Coogee: Meeting of Parishioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1864 · page 5

THE parishioners of Randwick and Coogee, and other friends interested in the completion of St. Jude's Church, assembled last night at a public meeting convened by advertisement, in the school-room of that…

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St. Jude's New Church

Empire · Friday 24 June 1864 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening a public meeting of parishioners of Randwick and Coog[?], and other friends interrested in the completion of St. Jude's Church, was held, pursuant to advertisement, in the Schol-room, the Lord…

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The New Church of Randwick and Coogee: Meeting of Parishioners

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 June 1864 · page 4

THE parishioners of Randwick and Coogee, and other friends interested in the completion of St. Jude's Church, assembled on Thursday at a public meeting convened by advertisement, in the school-room of that…

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Sir Moses Montefiore's Mission. (From the Jewish Chronicle, April 13.)

Empire · Monday 27 June 1864 · page 3

AT Court holden on Thursday, the 7th instant, Mr. Alderman Phillips, in accordance with a previous, notice of motion, rose and submitted the following resolution:—"That the thanks of this…

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"Church Music." to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 27 June 1864 · page 8

SIR.—By a copy of your journal, dated 9th instant, which I have only just laid my hand upon. I am delighted to discover, under the above heading, a letter from one who is evidently a critic on matters of church p[?]lmody…

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Presbyterian Union in Scotland

Empire · Wednesday 29 June 1864 · page 2

THE readers of the Empire are doubtless aware that the two largest sections of the noncestablished portion of the Presbyterian Church in Stotland—the Free Church and the United Presbyterians, comprising together about…

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"Church Music." to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 1 July 1864 · page 8

SIR.—As the above subject, which formed the topic of a letter in your journal some days since, has met with a reply from a gentlemen styling himself A Member of a Chair." deprecating in strong terms the…

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Continental Catholic Intelligence. the Bishop Op Bruges —R.i.p

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 6 July 1864 · page 2

The Catholic Church and Belgium have just Cost a faithful son and a valiant defender Mgr B John Baptist Malou, the illustrious Bishop of Bruges, is dead. Born at Ypres in 1819, he was…

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Manly Beach Bpiscopal Church. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 July 1864 · page 2

SIR,—I have been repeatedly asked why I was not present at the laying of the foundation-stone of the new church at Manly Beach, on the 6th instant, on which occasion, as the Herald states, the Dean of…

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Letters of the Fight Rev. Dr. Furlong, Roman Catholic Bishop of F[?]rng County W[?]ford, [?]Land

Empire · Saturday 9 July 1864 · page 2

Omn[?] quorum interest notum faci[?] testsmur, JACO[?] PARLE, bujusce dicecosis [?] arem, relig onis cause, nobis prob [?] in exteras regio [?] profecturum, zelo, pictate, et in viney Domini labore indefusse quam ma[?] [?]…

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Episcopal Church. Manly Beach. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1864 · page 3

SIR,—I heard with considerable pain that some of the worthy inhabitants of Manly Beach have so misunderstood a part of my letter of the 8th instant, as to consider it a reflection upon themselves. I beg to assure them that nothing…

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"Is the Establishment of a Sunday School Institute Desirable, and How Should It Be Con Ucted?" Delivered in the Church Society's Room, Phillipestreet

Empire · Friday 15 July 1864 · page 2

I AM so deeply impressed with the utility of the subject we are this evening met together to discuss, and entertain such an earnest hope that our deliberations upon it will lead eventually to the…

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Presbyterian Church, Pyrmont

Empire · Saturday 16 July 1864 · page 5

IT will doubtless he recollected by the readers of the Empire that the Rev. R. S. Paterson, who arrived in the colony about a month ago per the ship Millwall, having [?] been [?] as a [?] in the…

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